El Salvador Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 51.4 years in 1970: 54.0 for women and 48.9 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 56,494 people died; 20.5% of them were 65 or older and 47.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

51.4

Women

54.0

Men

48.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

118.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

171.1

Deaths

56,494

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.4

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

400

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	117.65	139.62	54.0	48.9
1-4	14.78	16.33	59.5	55.0
5-9	4.34	4.15	59.0	54.6
10-14	1.55	2.03	55.3	50.7
15-19	2.09	2.85	50.7	46.2
20-24	2.66	5.62	46.2	41.8
25-29	3.06	6.13	41.8	37.9
30-34	4.19	7.02	37.4	34.0
35-39	6.44	9.14	33.1	30.2
40-44	7.90	11.39	29.1	26.4
45-49	10.61	14.25	25.2	22.8
50-54	15.04	19.75	21.4	19.3
55-59	19.43	25.78	17.9	16.1
60-64	32.56	42.44	14.5	13.0
65-69	47.65	58.68	11.6	10.4
70-74	73.70	86.61	9.0	8.1
75-79	107.96	125.92	6.9	6.3
80-84	158.86	181.42	5.2	4.8
85-89	231.03	259.01	3.9	3.6
90-94	320.22	354.41	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.58	468.21	2.3	2.1
100+	547.89	587.65	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1970

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